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.IolrlvsnELY.` on Noni-H JAVA, .NEW vonk@y Letters Patent No. 78,239, dated May 26, 1868.'

IMPROVEMENT vIN AHORSE-RAKES.

.tite tbihnh nehmt in im ihm tttra nteut mit milking part nfltlge same. i

To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: .y i d y d i,

Be it known that I, JOHN SELY, of North Java, inthe county of Wyoming, and State'of New York,` have i invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Revolving Rakes; andI do hereby` i i d leclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oiV the said invention, reference'` being had to the i i annexed drawing, making part of this specification, whereini" i Figure 1 is a sectional sideiview of the rake and-draught-wheelgand Figure 2 is a plan of the rake complete, and separated from the wheels. i Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Revolving rakes haveheretofore been made, but they h ave been turned over by hand, or fitted n'ithsomc .i i device, snch as a lever, to throw the tines down to canse them to commence to operate, and also td'e'ect thercita-` tion of the rake-head, and said revolving rakes were not adapted to being drawn byhhnd, because their parte` were such that they could not be made'suiciently light. y l i i d The nature of'my said invention consists in a revolving rake formed withthrce ranges of teeth or tines,. i

l t 4so that the operating-times stand at about the usual angle ofthe teeth ofa hand-rake, and pass under the hay i and insure/the proper gathering of the same.

l I make the ends of the raketeeth at sueh an angle or curve that they slide over the surface with but little i friction, and do not plough into the earth, and a three-toothed ratchet :1nd sli-ding trigger or bolt is employed to allow the rake to revolve and leave the hayin the proper place to forma row or `mow. d i l My rake is especially adapted to use withV hor sepo\ver, but light rnkes of the same constructionA may be i used to advantage, particularly on lawns, where the grass is not long and heavy, or -for gleaning grnin,'or other lighi'fakirfg. l d t t l In the drawing, a is a tongue or shafts, by which the rake is drawn along, b b are the strapswithin which the rake-head c revolves. d d d are the rake-teeth 4or tines, arranged in three rows, and the 'ends of the teeth i are formed'at an angle or curved, as shown, so as to slide over the ground'without'pcnctrating the sume.

Therake is kept from revolving by the three-toothed ratchet e, attached to the head c, taking the trigger or bolt @'that isiittcd in the side ot' thetongnea, and operated in one direction by a spring, and in the other by a connection to the slidef, near the front end of said tongue. u

A swinging panl might be employed in place of the trigger or bolt z. i

The end ofthe tongue is provided with a loop, that can he hooked or attached to the axle g, that is mounted on wheels h, with a drivers seat, k, and a tongue or shafts, l, for a horse. v i

This seat and ivheels are dispensed with when the rake is drawn by hand or other power applied directly to` the rake. I i A i A' y i When the vtrigger z'is drawn hack, the weight of the hay acting on-the t-incs will cause, them to revolve, bringing the next range of teeth into position for raking. d

What I claim, and desi-re to secure by Letters Patent, is i l A revolving rake, formed of three ranges of tines, with their ends inclined or curved, as specified, so that the rake can be drawn along upon the points oftwo of thc ranges oflines, and Vthe forward range of tines pass at an inclination beneath tho hay, as specified.

In witness whereof, I havelicreunto sct my signature, this 7th day ot' January, A. D. 18GB.

JOHN senin'.`

Witnesses: i

THOMAS E. KNAW, BENJAMIN F. WATSON. 

